Bonnie Stephens is a Utah Republican who relishes the Bohemian world of art and culture, a woman with strong ties to rural Utah who also has national connections. Perhaps rarest of all, she is an arts lover who understands politics.

An article on Maria de la Rosa, Artistic Director of Los Lupeños de San Jose, a Mexican folkloric dance company:

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Champions of the arts -- A heritage of dance COMMITMENT TO HER ART BRINGS PERFORMER CLOSER TO TRADITION

Anita Amirrezvani, San Jose Mercury News

Maria de la Rosa's father can walk down almost any street in San Jose and tell you what kind of fruit used to grow there. He remembers the cherry orchard that gave way to the area around the Berryessa Movie Theater, the prune plum trees on the land that became the site of Piedmont Hills High School and the pears that shimmered in the orchards off King Road.

Here's an article on Bonnie Brooks, chair of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago:

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Bonnie Brooks: Staying on pointe

Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune

What inspires her: `Inspiration can come from so many sources. In broad strokes, mine comes from vivid encounters with the human imagination. I'm also inspired when I'm a witness to personal courage. I see that in my students. They're young, and they're brave.'

Making performing arts count where football is king Orrin Cross made music cool, is big draw in local theater

Carolyn Jones, Special to The SF Chronicle

Orrin Cross' resume is laden with accomplishments and honors. The retired Pittsburg High teacher even has a street named after him. But the thing he'll be most remembered for in his 29 years as a teacher is that in football-crazed Pittsburg, he made acting and music cool.

Singer Patti LaBelle and businessman and philanthropist Raymond G. Perelman headline the winners of this year's Arts & Business Council awards, scheduled to be announced this evening at the Wilma Theater. <a href=http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/5521008.htm target=_blank>more</a>

Credited with ''changing the face of downtown Hollywood,'' a longtime Broward County arts leader has won this year's Encore Award for Individual Leadership in the Arts. <a href=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/5803010.htm target=_blank>more</a>

The series kicks off with Warren Hellman, chairman of Hellman & Friedman, a private equity investment firm in San Francisco. He recently sat down with a group of Chronicle editors and reporters. The following Q&A has been edited for space and clarity. <a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/01/BU284262.DTL target=_blank>more</a>

As president of Northern Trust Bank in Miami, Anna K. Rentz found herself in a position of influence in the community. <a href=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/6232865.htm target=_blank>more</a>

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